Irregardless is one of those words I have always heard and was never sure about. I still want to use it sometimes but I manage to stop myself because of all this AP training. Another rule that has really got my brain in a tizzy is the Oxford/serial comma. Since I'm an English major I write in MLA style quite often and MLA uses the serial comma. However, since I've been doing so much with AP over the last year I always forget to put the comma into lists when I write literary analyses. I think this will follow me forever.
I follow a news/lifestyle blog called Refinery 29 and I notice a lot of inconsistencies with the blurbs they place in their social media posts. Some of them are punctuated like this one:
"Her lips never moved, but her eyes told a thousand stories."
And others are left open-ended, like this:
"Amy Schumer opened up more than she ever has in this emotional interview"
I feel like they should always use punctuation, but no matter what they do I think they need to be consistent. It annoys me that it varies post-to-post.
Okay vs. OK is one that really bugs me. I read and write a lot, and to me, it just seems as if those who are using 'OK' are just being lazy. It really doesn't take that much effort to type two more letters. Maybe this is something that will change over the years, and we'll finally get to use 'okay.'
ReplyDeleteIt's funny that the use of okay and OK is something. The words mean the same exact things, it's not like the meaning changes. Personally in my texts I always type "Oh Kay" to kind of be a pain in the ass more than anything. I will start using Okay more often in texts though I've always used it when I type papers.
ReplyDeleteI have never thought about OK vs. okay. You really clarified how to use them. I think the proper use really makes an impact on how effective (or ineffective) the sentence is. It is very interesting to think about.
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